A friend recently alerted me to the fact that Spirit and Opportunity, Phoenix, and Curiosity all have their own Twitter feeds. The feeds are often written in the first person, which produces an interesting sort of anthropomorphized narrative for the rovers. Why aren’t there more Mars rover POV stories out there? Get it together, nerds.

HTMLGIANT polled readers on what they thought were the best recent short stories. The results are worth a look. The list includes “The Navigators”, a Mike Meginnis story that was one of my favorite pieces of 2011. Anyone want to get me a subscription to Hobart for my birthday?